1941 PM Midfai declared martial law in Sulaymaniya to stop
revolt by Barzani
1958 Free Officers led coup overthrowing King Faisal II and
Iraq’s monarchy
1958 Gen Qasim became head of
state King Faisal II and family killed
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1959 Communists called rally to celebrate 1958 coup in
Kirkuk Turned into 2 days of
fighting
between Kurds and Turkmen with around 30 killed 100 injured
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
1964 Pres Arif announced pan-Arab Iraqi Arab Socialist Union
party
1964 Pres Arif nationalizes banks and insurance companies
1968 Coup against Pres Arif planned but called off after
army officers backed out
Baath would
not drop coup
1988 Iran said it would withdraw from Kurdistan after Iraq
invaded southern Iran
1988 Iranian leadership agreed to accept UN Res 598 calling
for end of Iran-Iraq War
1990 Kuwait said it would reconsider OPEC quotas in Oct Was
considered a breech
by Iraq
1990 Pres Mubarak visited Saddam in Baghdad trying to get
him to backdown in
confrontation
with Kuwait
2003 Article Iraqi scientists said bombings inspections sanctions
unilateral
destruction
ended Iraq’s WMD programs before invasion
2003 Columnist Novak exposed Ex Amb Wilson’s wife as a CIA
agent after he criticized
Bush admin over false Niger-Iraq
uranium deal Info came from VP Cheney’s office trying to discredit Wilson
2003 UK For Sec Straw said CIA believed UK intel on
Iraq-Africa uranium deal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2004 US appointed governor of Mosul assassinated
2004 Blair said he expected Iraq’s WMD to be found
2004 Butler Report said UK intel on Iraq WMD based upon
worst case scenarios and
exaggerated alleged stockpiles Said
UK intel on Iraq WMD was “seriously flawed”
2004 Butler Report said UK intel found no evidence of
Iraq-Al Qaeda cooperation
2006 When asked was the US winning in Iraq US Army Chief of
Staff Gen Schoomaker
told congressional aids U.S. wasn’t
losing in Iraq Said war was getting more difficult and was more at start than
end
2007 Maliki said Iraqi forces were ready to take over
security when US left
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